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Industrial chemical OSR#1 used as autism treatment
An industrial chemical developed to help separate heavy metals from polluted soil and mining drainage is being sold as a dietary supplement by a luminary in the world of alternative autism treatments.
The supplement, called OSR#1, is described on the...Tags: Health, Newspaper and Magazine, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities
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Gene therapy strengthens monkeys' muscles, may eventually work for human diseases
Booster ShotsInjecting a gene into thigh muscles of a monkey's leg greatly increased muscle mass and strength, a finding that could have potential application in a variety of human diseases that involve muscular weakening, researchers reported this week in the new....... -
Vytorin trial shows little or no benefit against heart disease [Updated]
Booster ShotsFor the second time in as many years, a large clinical trial has found that the key ingredient in the heavily advertised drug Vytorin provides little or no benefit in preventing heart disease compared to a competing product. The ingredient...... -
Screen a heart, save a life
Booster ShotsThe tragedy of a young athlete dying is sometimes compounded by the discovery that he or she had an undiagnosed heart condition. And while those deaths due to heart rhythm disturbances are rare in young people (about 3,000 a year),...... -
Depression treatment lacking for many people
Booster ShotsTreatment for major depression is abysmal, according to a study published today in the Archives of General Psychiatry. In a national survey of 15,762 people, it found that only half of all people with depression received treatment. And among those...... -
Emergency spine immobilization may do more harm than good, study says
Booster ShotsWhen emergency responders reach a gunshot or stabbing victim, they try to immobilize the spine to reduce the danger of paralysis upon movement of the victim. That effort, however, can have a fatal toll. A study published in the Journal...... -
Dr. Robert M. Chanock dies at 86; virologist broke ground in respiratory virus research
Dr. Robert M. Chanock, a virologist who made a remarkable series of discoveries about respiratory viruses in the 1960s and 1970s, including the isolation of the deadly respiratory syncytial virus and four para- influenza viruses, died Aug. 4 at a...Tags: Health, Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Common Cold, National Institutes of Health
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UCSF student from Long Beach is new UC student regent
L.A. NOWAlfredo Mireles Jr., a nurse who is a graduate student in health policy at UC San Francisco, was confirmed Thursday as a student representative on the UC Board of Regents. A Long Beach native, Mireles, 29, earned a bachelor's in...... -
What the doc doesn't say: You're overweight
Even with report after report documenting the nation's considerable girth and the perils of obesity, millions of men and women nonetheless remain blissfully unaware that they have a weight problem.
Those who do recognize it tend to underestimate its...Tags: Harris Interactive Incorporated, Colleges and Universities, Health, Overweight, Death
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Edmund Shea Jr. dies at 80; venture capitalist co-founded Shea Homes
Edmund Shea Jr., a venture capitalist who co-founded Shea Homes, one of the nation's largest for-profit home builders, has died. He was 80.
Shea died of pulmonary fibrosis Friday at his home in San Marino, according to spokesman Aaron Curtiss.
As a...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Family, House Building, Science and Technology
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John M. Peters dies at 75; USC epidemiologist
Dr. John M. Peters, a pioneering USC epidemiologist who played a crucial role in demonstrating the short- and long-term effects of air pollutants on the health of children, died of pancreatic cancer May 6 at his home in San Marino. He was 75.
Peters...Tags: Health, John Milton, Physical Conditions, Children's Health, Cancer
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'Toilet-seat contact dermatitis' sounds dire, but...
Booster ShotsAppearing in the current issue of the journal Pediatrics -- and thus in headlines -- is a warning about "toilet-seat contact dermatitis." The journal article says the condition is common around the world and that it's "re-emerging" in the United......
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